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Liming in its Relation to Injurious Inorganic Compounds in the Soil 1
Author(s) -
Conner S. D.
Publication year - 1921
Publication title -
agronomy journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.752
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1435-0645
pISSN - 0002-1962
DOI - 10.2134/agronj1921.00021962001300030004x
Subject(s) - citation , agricultural experiment station , relation (database) , library science , agriculture , computer science , archaeology , history , database
Lime in its various forms is known to affect soils in a great many ways, both chemical and physical. This paper is confined to a.dis* cussion of the action of lime, both caldum and magnesian, in various" forms in decreasing the injurious action of inorganic compounds which may be in the soil. There are three ways in which lime is known to lessen the harmful action of injurious compounds. It will neutralize acids in the soil and in this way decrease the hydrogen ion concentration. It will precipitate many soluble injurious salts. It in ~9me cases exerts a so-called ahd not very well understood antagonistic action towards soluble injurious c6mpo.unds which may or may not reni,ain soluble.